(19)
(11) EP 1 009 067 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
25.07.2001 Bulletin 2001/30

(43) Date of publication A2:
14.06.2000 Bulletin 2000/24

(21) Application number: 99302998.2

(22) Date of filing: 19.04.1999
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: H01R 13/646
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 10.12.1998 JP 35187998

(71) Applicant: YAMAICHI ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Ohta-ku, Tokyo (JP)

(72) Inventor:
  • Ishii, Yoshiharu
    Yokahama-shi, Kanagawa-ken (JP)

(74) Representative: Rees, Alexander Ellison et al
Urquhart-Dykes & Lord, 30 Welbeck Street
London W1G 8ER
London W1G 8ER (GB)

   


(54) Connector structure


(57) A connector structure in which a second connector is fitted to an interior of a cylindrical receiving port of a first connector such that the first and second connectors can be electrically connected together in an inner region of the cylindrical receiving port, wherein a fitting portion of the second connector exhibits a generally square configuration, four corner portions of the square fitting portion are each defined as an arcuate corner portion arranged on an inscribed circle of the cylindrical receiving port and having a same radius of curvature as the inscribed circle, an arcuate surface of each of the four arcuate corner portions is in inscribed relation to an inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical receiving port, and four side portions between adjacent arcuate corner portions are located away from the inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical receiving port.






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